After the sky-high win in Game 2, it’s only natural that the Minnesota Wild came crashing back to earth.
It was a rough night, and some ordinarily reliable pieces that have driven the Wild’s success this season were missing in action. The GREEF line — Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Foligno and Jordan Greenway — was ineffective on both ends of the ice. Kevin Fiala’s tire-fire post-season continued, and Marc-André Fleury was merely ordinary in net. To say that the Wild played poorly is one thing, but it doesn’t undercut how well the St.